For Linda Marsh, newly divorced and holding down two jobs, life  as a ""clerk"" at the town landfill and as a full-time mother of three  exasperating children, without Dad around to help out, has been near  impossible, but with courage, love, and lots of good humor, things  finally get back on course. Reissue. TV tie-in.

Replacing Dad

Mickle, Shelley Fraser

St Martins Pr

Shelley Fraser Mickle has written several novels, including Replacing Dad and The Queen of October, which was a New York Times Notable Book.Publisher's Weekly wrote in its review of Replacing Dad, Mickle's easy, forth-right style transforms a familiar tale into winning fiction. The New York Times said the book, which was made into a CBS television movie, had sassy charm.Now Mickle has written The Turning Hour, a touching novel about the critical issue of a teenager's attempted suicide. The story, told from two points of view (mother and daughter), reveals the difficulty of reconnecting with each other, and dredges up the family history and personal pain that led to the tragedy. The book is suitable for both adults and young adults.

The Turning Hour

Comics & Graphic Novels

Graphic Novels

River City Pub

The Queen of October

Sent to stay with her grandparents in Coldwater, Arkansas, when her parents decide to divorce, thirteen-year-old Sally Maulden finds her world turned upside down

Teen & Young Adult

Literature & Fiction

Algonquin Books

These semi-autobiographical vignettes humorously prove that not only can you go home again; you've never really left. Mom's on the Loose chronicles everyday life events that continue to influence the person we keep reinventing ourselves into. 
This collection of delightful essays share events from Shelley's youth in Arkansas, such as the day the Thanksgiving football game ends in a knockout; her stint as a transplanted southerner; her days as a homeroom mother, including the one when she is stopped by a police officer for speeding the party cupcakes to school; as well as the unfogettable day that the snake shows up at the family room window. 
After many years, she is finally free to pursue her own wishes and desires, yet her life experiences are never far from the core of whom she was, and whom she has become. 
Only now does she have the time to appreciate the mundane yet sometime quirky events that take place in our everyday lives which leads to answering the question, "Just what exactly does one do when the kids finally grow up, move out and the dog is lying under the grand piano, depressed?"

The Kids are Gone, The Dog is Depressed & Mom's on the Loose

Biographies & Memoirs

Community & Culture

Alachua Pr Inc

He was bred to be a champion. He was born to run. Everyone said he would be one of the greatest racehorses of all time. Everyone said he would take a place in history next to Triple Crown winners like the fabled Secretariat. Then, in one sickening, heart-stopping moment, everything changed. Suddenly he was no longer racing for glory; he was fighting for his life. And the horse bred to be a champion became much more. He became a symbol of hope and courage for an entire nation.

Barbaro: America's Horse

Children's Books

Biographies

Aladdin

From the author of Barbaro comes the triumphant story of the 2015 Triple Crown and Breeders Cup winner, American Pharoah. When American Pharoah won the American Triple Crown and the Breeders’ Cup Classic in 2015 he became the first horse to win the “Grand Slam” of American horse racing, by winning all four races. His story captured American’s imagination, and this inspired account will also feature the handlers who saw his promise: owner, Ahmed Zayat of Zayat Stables, trainer Bob Baffert, and jockey Victor Espinoza. With American Pharoah, Shelley Mickle tells the story of this beloved horse’s life from birth to his historic achievement of becoming the twelfth Triple Crown winner.

American Pharoah: Triple Crown Champion

From the author of Barbaro comes the triumphant story of the 2015 Triple Crown and Breeders Cup winner, American Pharoah. When American Pharoah won the American Triple Crown and the Breeders’ Cup Classic in 2015 he became the first horse to win the “Grand Slam” of American horse racing, by winning all four races. His story captured American’s imagination, and this inspired account will also feature the handlers who saw his promise: owner, Ahmed Zayat of Zayat Stables, trainer Bob Baffert, and jockey Victor Espinoza. With American Pharoah, Shelley Mickle tells the story of this beloved horse’s life from birth to his historic achievement of becoming the twelfth Triple Crown winner.

A New York Times Notable Book. When Sally Maulden is sent to her grandparents in Coldwater, Arkansas, she believes that she's too boring to be loved. But in this small town she finds love from unexpected sources. "Bursting with warmth. I didn't want it to end."--Chicago Tribune.

United States

Friends of American Writers Award. Once upon a time, in the small town of Palm Key, Florida, there was a model family. The father, George, was the grade-school principal. The mother, Linda, loved George. And both loved their three happy children--Drew, Mandy, and George the Second. Then George the First dumped Linda for Mandy's fifth-grade teacher. The story, which Linda and Drew take turns telling, is filled with the courage that families thrive on. "A refreshingly sweet story of a newly divorced mother struggling to keep her family together." --Publishers Weekly, starred; "Gently humorous and deftly written."--Miami Herald.

Contemporary

River City Publishing

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Replacing Dad

The Turning Hour

The Queen of October

The Kids are Gone, The Dog is Depressed & Mom's on the Loose

Barbaro: America's Horse

American Pharoah: Triple Crown Champion

American Pharoah: Triple Crown Champion

The Queen of October

Replacing Dad

The Turning Hour